Horror-themed marriage proposal actually worked

Alec Wells lured his girlfriend Katherine Canipe to the very Pasadena, California block where an iconic scene from the classic horror film “Halloween” was filmed.

As Canipe walked down the tree-lined street just as Jamie Lee Curtis’ character did in the 1978 film, Wells emerged from the bushes dressed as “Halloween’s” killer Michael Myers.

He then dropped down on one knee and presented a ring, prompting Canipe to burst into tears and crumble onto the sidewalk, either because she really wanted to marry Wells or because the moment she’d been impatiently hinting about for years was reduced to an attempt at a viral Internet video.

“It’s such an iconic moment in the film – the first time Michael materializes mere feet away from Jamie Lee Curtis’ character,” Wells told the Daily Mail Online. “It’s scary and surreal; just the way I wanted the proposal to feel. That sequence was also filmed on the very street where I proposed, so it was kismet.”

Wells and Canipe, both 30, are horror film fanatics. Canipe hosts a horror podcast called Boys and Ghouls, which might explain why she said yes. Later, the two posed for “Back to the Future”-themed engagement photos. Their wedding theme remains unknown, although we’re guessing “Titanic.”